Consumer-driven health plans and legislative vote tracking will be among the topics addressed during The Business Council’s Government Affairs Council (GAC) meeting Friday, September 24.
The GAC meeting will take place at The Sagamore in Bolton
Landing as part of The Council's Annual Meeting.
The agenda includes:
- Accountability and Performance Review of State
Legislators- Insight from Experience.
This presentation by Ed McLaughlin, president of the Maine
Economic Research Institute (MERI) a nonpartisan, independent
organization, will provide an overview of the method used
by MERI to track votes by Maine legislators on key economic
topics.
- Consumer-driven Health care- Where is it going?
Brad Morse, vice-president of Aetna, an industry leader
in consumer-driven health plans, will present an overview
of where consumer-driven plans are now, and what they are
expected to become.
The meeting will also provide a period of open discussion for participants.
Background on The Council's Annual Meeting:
The Business Council's Annual Meeting each year attracts more
than 500 of the top business and government leaders in the
state for discussions on issues of importance to the state's
business community. The meeting is open to all Business Council
members.
At the meeting, The Business Council's board of directors
sets The Council's legislative priorities for the coming year,
and a wide range of Council members discuss those issues,
expected legislative actions on them, and strategies for advocating
legislative actions that will strengthen New York's business
climate.